Clean Language questions are most often – and most usefully – used to ask about the metaphors a person uses. Being asked the questions helps to bring the metaphors to life, making new information available to the person.
But what if you’re not noticing metaphors yet? Where on earth are they?
Incidentally, a good definition of ...
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Review by Judy Rees
Want a straightforward, practical book to help you make a start with NLP? If you work in any kind of business or organisation, this one fits the bill.
All the most useful concepts and activities from the world of NLP are here, potted into neat bite-sized pieces. And, at last, Clean Language takes its rightful place among ...
“Judge others by their questions rather than by their answers” – Voltaire
Report by Jitse van Ameijde, November 2008
Not often do you find yourself in a situation where a group of people are brought together by their shared passion for an idea. Yet when you do find yourself in such a situation, something interesting happens. The idea ...
Wendy Sullivan and Judy Rees (2008) Clean Language: Revealing Metaphors and Opening Minds, Crown House, Carmarthen, 205 pages
Ever since David Grove inspired others to use clean language in therapy, its uses in other disciplines have been evident. For many coaches, clean language is little more than a collection of 12 helpful and logical ...
A business wanted higher quality from its major supplier, and had agreed to hold a joint workshop involving representatives from both companies. Certified Clean facilitator Hans-Peter Wellke was called in by the meeting organiser as a catalyst and facilitator to accelerate his thinking process as he planned the joint event.
Hans-Peter asked: ...
Teacher Julie McCracken was working in the playground when two six-year-olds came running up to her, hurt, upset and angry. She used her Clean Language training to resolve the dispute.
Child one: “He punched me in the face and it hurt and I don’t like it.”
Child two: “Well it was an accident and anyway, he kicked my leg and I told ...
Working with groups is a deep and rich topic – and an area in which Clean is developing quickly. Here’a an idea to whet your appetite, based on the Metaphors@Work process devised by Training Attention.
One way in which Clean is used with groups is in team alignment events, to help a team come up with a shared metaphor for working well ...
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You will learn in a relatively small group – normally up to a couple of dozen participants – supported by a good ratio of qualified assistants.
Lead trainer Wendy Sullivan loves ...
Metaphors are very powerful. They bundle a lot of information into a small package, and make the conceptual more tangible.
We live our metaphors. Someone who thinks their work team is like a Formula One pit crew will live their work very differently from someone whose team seems to them to be like a group of strolling musicians.
In fact, ...